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  • 1
    ISBN: 9780198794288 , 9780198794295
    Language: English
    Pages: xiii, 372 Seiten , Illustrationen , 24 cm
    Edition: First edition
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The African affairs reader
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    Keywords: Democratization ; Democracy ; Staat ; Politische Ökonomie ; Abstimmung ; Entwicklung ; Tendenz ; Africa Politics and government 1960- ; Africa Foreign relations 1960- ; Africa Economic conditions 1960- ; Subsaharisches Afrika ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Afrika ; Sozioökonomischer Wandel ; Politisches System ; Repräsentation ; Entkolonialisierung ; Demokratisierung ; Demokratie ; Wahl
    Abstract: African Affairs' is the top journal in African Studies and has been for some time. This book draws together some of the most influential, important, and thought provoking articles published in its pages over the last decade. In doing so, it collates essential cutting-edge research on Africa and makes it easily available for students, teachers, and researchers alike. 0'The African Affairs Reader' is broken down into four sections that cover some of the biggest themes and questions facing the continent today, including: the African State, the Political Economy of Development, Africa's Relationship with the World, and Elections, Representation & Democracy. Within each section, articles deal with some of the most significant recent trends and events, such as the prospects for democratization in Ghana and Nigeria, the factors underpinning Rwanda's economic success, the rise of political corruption in South Africa, the spread of the drugs trade, the struggle against gender based violence, and the growing influence of China. Each section is introduced by a new purpose-written essay by the journal's editors that explains the evolution of the wider debate, highlights key contributions, and suggests new ways in which the discussion can be taken forward. Taken together, the essays and articles included in the volume provide both a coherent introduction to the study of Africa and a compelling commentary on the current state of play on the continent
    Note: Literaturangaben, Register , An introduction to African Affairs and African studies , An introduction to the African state , The end of the post-colonial state in Africa? : reflections on changing African political dynamics , Property and constitutional order : land tenure reform and the future of the African state , Does organized crime exist in Africa? , An introduction to the political economy of development , The politics of ownership : Tanzanian coffee policy in the age of liberal reformism , Close encounters : Chinese business networks as industrial catalysts in Sub-Saharan Africa , Developmental patrimonalism? : the case of Rwanda , An introduction to elections, democracy, and representation , Elections and democratic transition in Nigeria under the Fourth Republic , Elites and democracy in Ghana : a social network approach , Neo-patrimonal politics in the ANC , An introduction to Africa and the world , What is the concept of globalization good for? : an African historian's perspective , Fighting gender-based violence : the women's movement and the enforcement of rape law in Liberia , Negotiating China : reinserting African agency into China-Africa relations , Briefing : the African Union at ten ; an appraisal
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  • 2
    ISBN: 9781108417235 , 9781108404723
    Language: English
    Pages: xv, 359 Seiten , Diagramme
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cheeseman, Professor Nic The moral economy of elections in africa
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cheeseman, Nic, 1979 - The moral economy of elections in Africa
    DDC: 342.6/07
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    Keywords: Election law ; Elections Economic aspects ; Elections Moral and ethical aspects ; Voting ; Democracy ; Abstimmung ; Demokratie ; Wahlsystem ; Abstimmung ; Demokratie ; Wahlsystem ; Africa Politics and government
    Abstract: Do elections turn people into democratic citizens? Elections have long been seen as a way to foster democracy, development and security in Africa, with many hoping that the secret ballot would transform states. Adopting a new approach that focusses on the moral economy of elections, Nic Cheeseman, Gabrielle Lynch and Justin Willis show how elections are shaped by competing visions of what it means to be a good leader, bureaucrat or citizen. Using a mixed-methods study of elections in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda, they explore moral claims made by officials, politicians, civil society, international observers and voters themselves. This radical new lens reveals that elections are the site of intense moral contestation, which helps to explain why there is such vigourous participation in processes that often seem flawed. Demonstrating the impact of these debates on six decades of electoral practice, they explain why the behaviour of those involved so frequently transgresses national law and international norms, as well as the ways in which such transgressions are evaluated and critiqued – so that despite the purported significance of 'vote-buying', the candidates that spend the most do not always win.
    Note: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 308-347. - Index , Towards a moral economy of elections in Africa , Elections, states and citizens : a history of the ballot in Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda , Promoting civic virtue , National exercises : making states and citizens through the ballot , The eyes of the world are upon us : the aspirations and limitations of international election observation , Creating democrats : civil society and voter education , The moral economy in action , Performing virtue : politicians, leadership, and election campaigns , Navigating multiple moralities : popular expectations and experiences of the polls
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    New York : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9780521191128 , 9780521138420
    Language: English
    Pages: XX, 247 S , graph. Darst., Kt , 23 cm
    Series Statement: New approaches to African history 9
    Series Statement: New approaches to African history
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cheeseman, Nic, 1979 - Democracy in Africa
    DDC: 321.8096
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    Keywords: Democracy History ; Democratization History ; Political parties History ; Elections History ; Political participation ; Democracy Africa ; Demokratie ; Demokratisierung ; Innenpolitik ; Politisches System ; Politischer Wandel ; Systemtransformation ; Politische Reform ; Abstimmung ; Wahl ; Politische Beteiligung ; Zivilgesellschaft ; Africa Politics and government 1945-1960 ; Africa Politics and government 1960- ; Africa Politics and government ; Subsaharisches Afrika ; Afrika ; Demokratisierung ; Geschichte 1960-2015
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: democratization against the oddsFragments of democracy: participation & control in authoritarian AfricaCultures of resistance: civil society & the limits of powerThe second liberation: economic decline, the Cold War & democratizationExporting elections: international donors & the era of democratic dependencySubverting democracy: the advantages of incumbency & the politics of violenceThe democratic dividend: political competition, populism, and public policyConclusion: designing democracy to manage diversity and distrustAppendix 1. the fate of Africa's democratic experiments 1989-2000.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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